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NEEDLE BUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does needle bush mean? 

NEEDLE BUSH (noun)
  The noun NEEDLE BUSH has 1 sense:

1. shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australiaplay

  Familiarity information: NEEDLE BUSH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEEDLE BUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hakea lissosperma; needle-bush; needle bush; needlebush

Hypernyms ("needle bush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("needle bush" is a member of...):

genus Hakea; Hakea (Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers)


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